Colin Kaepernick Quotes

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Colin Kaepernick

Profession : Athlete

Birth : November 3, 1987

To try to prey on athletes' livelihoods while one is going through a tough time is embarrassing to me.

Colin Kaepernick

Sometimes, when things are going really well, I feel like I've already seen things - it's the flashback feeling in a good way. Like I'm watching a rerun, because I've studied this defense and know what comes next. Now, that is a good feeling, when your mind is working fast because you've studied, and you realize, 'I've seen this before.'

Colin Kaepernick

I'll always be a fan of coach Harbaugh. Not too sure about Michigan.

Colin Kaepernick

All my tattoos, they've been thought out, thought over, been a work in progress for at least a year before I've got them. So I'm not walking into a tattoo shop, picking tattoos off a wall. It's something that means something to me. It's something that I believe in.

Colin Kaepernick

I don't think I can be too hard on myself.

Colin Kaepernick

I'd say that, 99 percent of the time at Nevada, I knew what the coverage was and where I was probably going before the ball was snapped. It makes it very easy when I only had to read one person and know that I was going from here to here, and if not, I'm checking it down.

Colin Kaepernick

You're going to hurt, yes. You're going to have tweaks and problems. But you're a football player; you can play through those.

Colin Kaepernick

Once I get into the locker room, I turn on stuff to get me hyped up. Mainly, it's a lot of rap music.

Colin Kaepernick

Thankfully, God blessed me with some legs that move pretty good, and we also get to wear pads, so I should be alright.

Colin Kaepernick

Quarterbacks can still have good bodies. I'm always conscious of the stereotype. I want to change what people think. There's a lot more to it than what you see on the field.

Colin Kaepernick

Training, that's my specialty.

Colin Kaepernick

Jim Tomsula is going to be great coach for us. Players' coach. Always around the guys. Someone that's willing to listen to what the players say and has their intake.

Colin Kaepernick

There are a lot of details to running that I never even thought about. I just went out and ran. I think I can be faster. I think I can be quicker.

Colin Kaepernick

I think, between the tattoos, the way I dress, the way I talk, people don't think it should go together with a franchise quarterback or someone that's leading the team or representing the organization.

Colin Kaepernick

Unless you're being carted off, you should be on the field.

Colin Kaepernick

The biggest thing is I watch myself: What I need to improve on, what I can do different.

Colin Kaepernick

You have to take care of the ball to win football games.

Colin Kaepernick

It is funny to me that because I can run, because I'm athletic, people tend to see that as my only asset.

Colin Kaepernick

I was not going to let people tell me what I'm capable of.

Colin Kaepernick

Its a touchy subject, 'cause I never want to take it there, where it seems like it's all about race. But I feel like that's something that comes along with the territory of being a black quarterback. When you have success - 'Oh, you're a freak athlete.' Not, 'Oh, you're a good quarterback.'

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